Oof. Just when we thought Vasily Koshechkin had stabilized his season, he allowed 5 goals on 15 shots before being pulled in an 8-2 thumping at the hands of Yaroslavl. Former NHL'er Alexander Korolyuk had 3 goals and 4 points in the match for the Lokomotiv while fellow ex-NHL'er Pavol Demitra had 1 goal and 3 points of his own. Neither matched for Carolina Hurricane Josef Vasicek's 5 assists though, for Yaroslavl.

Martins Karsums assisted on Raimonds Vilkoits' game opening goal in Riga's 3-2 shootout loss to Nizhnekamsk. Karsums played 22:43 in the match. Ex-Lightning camper Niklas Persson had a helper for Nizhnekamsk. He has 1 goal and 6 points in 18 games this season.

Koshechkin is back. The 6'6" goaltender stopped 39 shots in a 2-0 blanking of Novgorod to record his second shutout of the season. Koshechkin still has a long way to go to match his 8 shutouts from a season ago.

Martins Karsums scored a shorthanded goal and took a minor for holding the stick in 14:48 of ice time in Riga's 5-3 loss to Ekaterinburg. Veteran KHL'er Andrei Subbotin had a hat trick in the match for Ekaterinburg.

Dmitri Kazionov was scoreless in 14:35 of ice time in Kazan's 5-2 win over Minsk. Kazionov was also 50% on 14 draws in the match. Former NHLer Alexei Morozov had a pair of helpers in the match for Kazan.